For the newbs: What's your definition of 1337?

[JJAGoodfella]

Regular posters are welcome to answer as well, but I really am curious as to what the new people consider to be the proper definition of "1337". Go.

[Rab]

Being at a certain general level of knowlege about the internet and how people act on it.

[Crack Monk]

BOB DOLE!!!

Sorry. N00bs, carry on.

[TravTech]

http://users.rcn.com/ark/gallery/dole.jpg

[Crack Monk]

Heh heh heh. That picture made me laugh. TravTech, you are now the definition of 1337.

GO BOBBY!

[Nhydus]

Being techno literate (knowing more shit about more shit than most people)
Knowing 'l33tsp34k' and more importantly when to use it.
Not being a spamming n00b.

Thats all I can think off.

[scif1girl]

Having technological and social skill. For example, knowing how to hack, natural talent (and/or aquired skill) with games and knowing a computer language are all qualifications, but being blatantly rude or immature frequently would detract from leetness.

[Xiss]

1337=a leet word. :/

[RobC]

1337 is simply the number one-thousand-three-hundred-thirty-seven

[ALIchemicali]

I've used answers.com, So I don't know if it is fair.

[=|+QWERT+|=]

Having symbols in your name ;)

[Sofa of Death]

OMG, DUUH

1337 is where you use AOL version 4.0 and you use AIM and talk like this:
"LoL OmG!!! LeIk I M SooO LeEt!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH OMG!!!!! LoL R U GoInG 2 Th3 Mall 2-Moro? LOL I am... B-CuZ There IZ a LanN PLAcE THere And i ReEllY can PWn the Newbees B-cuz thEy So DoNt PlaY good LOL OMG ThEY Don't Even NO HoW 2 SNipe LOLOL!!!! tehy call it CAMP-ing or somehtign!!!!!!!1 they so dum its obVIOUS yoU can Win By Buying Th3 Magnum Every TiMe, LOL i'm So GooD AT COUNTERstreike, HAHAHALOLWA they are all liek 11 yaer old and they dont eNven use AOL..LOL!L!LOL!O!LOL!!!!!"



i'm right..... right?

[Napalm]

you are.

1337 is my favorite time period in history. Actually, I'm elite. and I heard couple of aol kiddies say 1337 is elite so i was like shit! I'm elite....1337!

[SomeMuppet]

What is 1337? When people look up to you. -_-"

[Bjorn]

http://ioioio.net/pics/1337.jpg
This isn't my picture, but I have one just like it with me standing beside a sign in Kenya which says "Equator".

urbandictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com) says:


1337 is the language of hackers and newbies across the internet. Also, the words in 1337 are usually short(ie "are" becomes "r") and intentionally spelt wrong(ie "the" becomes "teh", this is most common with e switching places and o's becoming p's)

the mostly complete translation chart(exluding unicode characters, ie ?):
A=4 /-\ @ ^ /\
B=8 ]3 ]8 |3 |8
C=( {
D=) [} |) |} |> [>
E=3
F*=# |=
G=6 9 (_>
H=# |-| (-) )-( }{ {-} /-/ \-\
I=1 ! |
J**=_| j
K=|< |{
L=1 |_
M=/\/\ |\/| [\/
N=/\/ |\| \
O=0 ()
P=|D |* |>
Q=0,
R=|2 |? |-
S=5
T=7 + ']'
U=(_) |_| \_\ /_/
V=\/
W=\/\/ |/\| [/\
X**=>< }{ X
Y='/ %
Z**=2 z

Common mispellings:
the = teh
that = taht
take = taek
own = pwn
you = joo
dude = jood

common phonetic replacements(always used in true 1337):
f = ph
ck == xx

*there is no 'F' in true 1337, it is replaced by the 'ph' phonetic in true 1337

**acceptable when not replaced by a symbol
_|00 |2 4/\/ |_||\|1337 (_)83|2 |-|4><><0|2

Translation: You are an unleet uber hacker

I don't agree though, but that's what they say.

[shadowfox]

Simply put, being elite, or the top of something. Although usually people who are elite at things that don't involve computers, are snotty, and probably wouldn't use the term 1337 ANYWAY.

And to be honest, usually people who know how to talk 1337, and use it all the time in forums, are the exact opposite.

[T1lt]

OMG, DUUH

1337 is where you use AOL version 4.0 and you use AIM and talk like this:
"LoL OmG!!! LeIk I M SooO LeEt!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH OMG!!!!! LoL R U GoInG 2 Th3 Mall 2-Moro? LOL I am... B-CuZ There IZ a LanN PLAcE THere And i ReEllY can PWn the Newbees B-cuz thEy So DoNt PlaY good LOL OMG ThEY Don't Even NO HoW 2 SNipe LOLOL!!!! tehy call it CAMP-ing or somehtign!!!!!!!1 they so dum its obVIOUS yoU can Win By Buying Th3 Magnum Every TiMe, LOL i'm So GooD AT COUNTERstreike, HAHAHALOLWA they are all liek 11 yaer old and they dont eNven use AOL..LOL!L!LOL!O!LOL!!!!!"



i'm right..... right?



thats it right there

[jonesy827]

well, im a "newb" here. yeah.

i liked it when 1337 what 31337 and was used by the realy 31337 hackers. but now, I see it as a word used by people that play video games on the net and talk on forums a lot and say j00 got pwned j00 n00b!!

yeah

its getting old to me... but i still get a kick out of doing it every once in awhile...

i also agree with you shadowfox...

[lorax3]

Sometimes I consider 1337 to be a state of mind. If you just did some kick ass, elite shit, you are 1337, for the moment. I think to be considered a permanent 1337 you got to know soo much about something, computers, and technology, or whatever.

VALUABLE INFORMATION IS 1337

[Anthony G]

lorax is right

[josendk]

To me 1337 simply just means elite.

you can also write it as l33t or just leet.

And then theres teh whole 1337 l@|\|9u493.

[PentiumRadeon]

1337 is just being good at something that has to do with like computers and video games and shit like that

[josendk]

1337 is just being good at something that has to do with like computers and video games and shit like that


so if I tell you that I am a 1337 skater, it would'nt make any sence to you?

[raige]

1337 is bollocks where people try to look better than others

[Avarik]

so if I tell you that I am a 1337 skater, it would'nt make any sence to you?

it would, but I like to associate 1337 ONLY with computers and tech.

[PentiumRadeon]

so if I tell you that I am a 1337 skater, it would'nt make any sence to you?

well that would just show how much of a nerd you are using 1337 to describe being good at something else besides computers and video games :dance:

[JJAGoodfella]

I usually use the term to describe pretty much anything, but that doesn't make a huge nerd, it's more an inside geek joke. "Wow! This is some 1337 Chicken!"

[Cpt Henry Biscuit]

1337 is the time i check the time everyday. It happens so often it cant be a coincidence anymore.

Precisely the reason I ever graced your presence here

[Hdarim]

1337 in my opinion shouldn't have a single definition or a defintion for itself , whatever it means to you in your own state of mind, that can only be expressed in your own imagination. In short, words that are not commonly used should be used to define "1337" .

[Sofa of Death]

i stand by my previous definition

[klo1313]

OMG, DUUH

1337 is where you use AOL version 4.0 and you use AIM and talk like this:
"LoL OmG!!! LeIk I M SooO LeEt!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH OMG!!!!! LoL R U GoInG 2 Th3 Mall 2-Moro? LOL I am... B-CuZ There IZ a LanN PLAcE THere And i ReEllY can PWn the Newbees B-cuz thEy So DoNt PlaY good LOL OMG ThEY Don't Even NO HoW 2 SNipe LOLOL!!!! tehy call it CAMP-ing or somehtign!!!!!!!1 they so dum its obVIOUS yoU can Win By Buying Th3 Magnum Every TiMe, LOL i'm So GooD AT COUNTERstreike, HAHAHALOLWA they are all liek 11 yaer old and they dont eNven use AOL..LOL!L!LOL!O!LOL!!!!!"



i'm right..... right?

Close enough. Can I have some fluff?

[Sofa of Death]

if we had some... instead i'll give you some S.O.D. points

[Crispy]

I believe leetness is being above most people on the internet. But being one of those guys who gloat and brag 'bout beeing the self-proclaimed 'pwnster' isn't very 1337. Infact, it's downright n00b15h. (I like to keep my 133t nice and simple. It's easier to read, and easier for me too!)

[KrazyKain]

in short 1337 is the cool way of saying computer geek... 4|\||) 175 4 (001 \/\/4Y 0F 7yp1|\|6 700 (cause it pisses non-1337ers off!)

[darcsorrows]

Knowing stuff about t1nt3rn3t and stuff, and computers. Being good a photoshop helps then you can do great shopp4ge pictures!

[Crack Monk]

1337 is the ability to check your Gmail without having it give you an error message that says "Oops, we fucked up, try again in a few seconds!" and then you try again in a few seconds, and it does the same thing, and you try again a half hour later and get the same message, and you didn't really want to see the e-mail anyway, I mean it was a LiveJournal notification, who wants to see that? but now it's just the principle of the matter, since you should be able to read your own damn e-mail for christ's sake, and since when does Gmail screw up anyway, and this msut be a sign that Jesus hates you, and you've decided to convert to Judaism only to realize that you don't even know if you spelled Judaism correctly, so THAT won't work, and...

Sorry.

Fuck Gmail.

[TehPieBoy]

1337 is using firefox...yea....

[KrazyKain]

1337 is being computer literate and kicking @$$ on online games :p

[hardyboy]

The only true answer I have ever found to the answer of what is the definition of 1337 is...
"If you have to ask. You'll never know."

[N1nj4 m0nk]

Being l33t is just being all around cool and it generally means your good at some computers stuff (usually games but grapic design like photoshop is cool too)

[IncarcerationX]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/syconaut/sweet.jpg

[N1nj4 m0nk]

^ hahaha, now thats what i call l33t! ^

[Shadow]

Elite. Some one skilled in computing.

[jasonmason]

Knowing enough to not be classified as a newb.. or knowing enough that you get bombarded with questions on aim every time you take down your away message.

[amrueliwat]

1337 is simply the number one-thousand-three-hundred-thirty-seven
no its not. rune has a link that explains the meaning of 1337 very well. It means elite speeking. by the way, rab your sig looks tight, can u send me a link to get the background and the name of the font u use???

[Eraofsilence]

1337 is an uber haxor who oozes computer knowledge. Someone who doesn't act liek they have a STICK in their 244.

[Team Burgershie]

non- n3wby people

[xboxusr666]

1337 is a language spawned from the infamous port for hacking 31337

[gamemastersmc@yahoo.com]

Dr. Tran is 1337! w00t:banana:
my avy

[matt.munin]

1337 is being a few steps above the computer literate. 1337 is the ability to laugh at what n00bs think is amazing. 1337 is my life!

[JaGx]

1337- leet

[Ragerunner]

1337=Me, follow me for a few days and youll know what im talking about!

[GolemdX]

My D3f1n1710n 0f 1337: 4 C0mpu73r |4n6u463 U53d F0r C0d1n6 M3554635 1n70 4 R34d4b|3 C0d3, Bu7 17 74k35 50m3 Pr4c71c3 70 R34d 17.

[FBI]

'bout that sig---if you want a banana competition, you'll get a banana competition!

http://www.wordforge.net/forum/images/smilies/ban10LnR.gif

-edit- Oh, awesome! My monkey points right at the banana!

[GolemdX]

Super Lol! But I Like My Devil Banana Better.

[Crispy]

Too bad it's got the white trim around it, huh?

[sanzath]

elite, a \X/@`/ of talk,and an impossibly high level on runescape.

[Crispy]

A Runescape player? There seems to be alot of them around. Anyways, true 1337 is spoken with like one character per letter. Ultra-leet blows.

[FoxWolf]

1337 came about from Win95 hackers who found a way through windows firewall through the port 31337. Basic knowledge. It evolved into a way to type which is lame to people you don't know, such as killing somone in a game and saying "OmG I p00n j0o," but fun to friends, especially when you speak it in real life!
Michael Jackson getting charged for child molestation = pwnt.
Peter Griffon having no bones = 1o1 0mg r0fl.
Yow = 0mg t4wl.
1337 = good forums.

[dynamyt]

being a geek at computers:P
good at games
generally being a cool person, funny, intelligent. :)

[Eraofsilence]

but fun to friends, especially when you speak it in real life!

Yeah, I 7074||y baffle people when I say "j00 r teh suxor fuxor one":thumup:

but being leet is like that guy at skool who is great at everything.

[DET]

1337 came about from Win95 hackers who found a way through windows firewall through the port 31337. Basic knowledge. It evolved into a way to type which is lame to people you don't know, such as killing somone in a game and saying "OmG I p00n j0o," but fun to friends, especially when you speak it in real life!
Michael Jackson getting charged for child molestation = pwnt.
Peter Griffon having no bones = 1o1 0mg r0fl.
Yow = 0mg t4wl.
1337 = good forums.


I agree with you but, 1337= Teh BUTTSECKS
:biggreen:

[im with stupid^]

I think you are '1337' If you have just done good at something, or totally owned somebody at anything. Thats what I would use it for. To say you are elite over somebody else

[Ezikel]

To be 1337 you have to be very good at something, to stay 1337 you have to be a good sport and not an arrogant little bitch, well that?s my definition, every one else who doesn?t agree is wrong

[Diablos]

1337 = leet? :)

[KrazyKain]

wow diablos, you can read leetspeak *tear runs down cheak*
im so proud of you!

[runestone]

1337 came about from Win95 hackers who found a way through windows firewall through the port 31337. Basic knowledge.

It started in the early 80's in the warez and demo scene.

[Derpinguin44]

1337. Something you write on your backpack and when you look down at your backpack you can read the upside-down LEET(7 being the L and the 1 being the T)

And a person who has a clearly defined knowledge of computers, enough to show simpletons how to really run a computer...overclocked from FDISK(inside joke...)

[liekzomgIrh4k]

1337 15 /\/\3, 4/V|) 1 |2 73# 1337.....duuuhr

[Lame Face]

Heh heh heh. That picture made me laugh. TravTech, you are now the definition of 1337.

GO BOBBY!

Well, According it Crack Monk, it'd be TravTech. Har har, sorry just a lame joke.

Uh, I'd have to say, 1337 is having a certain level of experience when it comes to the internet. Or knowing what's "hip" on the "web" if you catch my drift.

[th3dougler]

even though the history of 1337 is totally different from what is accepted now, I get the feeling that I am 1337 when I kick the library couputers time-usage software to the curb and boot my PHLAK linux distro and crack the admin pazzword at lunch time

[Casanova]

If you have great knowledge of some area of computers, you are 1337 in that area.

If you can crack a whip, and Windows bows down at your feet.... thou are 1337.

[harv 5]

1337 = better than most people at something. Most commonly applied to computer skills and, to a lesser extent, video game skills. I suppose it could be used to describe extreme skill at anything, but computers and games seem the most natural.

[alientype]

1337 is some 1 who has a cal-o cal-m cal-i experience
n00b is some one who is pub-i (me) i just dont like clans yet looking 4 1 right now

GGkTHK's. (:

[zer0]

i think 1337 means, to share technological knowledge to tha max, to get more and more input and to laugh about people who dont know a $h17 about that stuff. buahaha; knowledge is force and the 1337force may be with you

[Gothmog]

50|\/|3 0|= `/0|_| 4|2 \/\/4`/ 0|=|=. 1337 is when you pwn AOL(which is teh nubzor) and act more liek teh Gothmog than you do sum n00b who can't find his ass with both hands. If you have "m4d h4x" you are probably 1337, or if ya did sumtin awesome, liek that Dominic Erazio or wutever, or liek taht guy on Jeopardy that bet 1337 in final Jeopardy... If you are teh pwnzor then you are 1337, and being teh pwnzor is when you are more 1337 than sum1 else, liek me, I have prob been on this site alot longer than you(that is a joke, see, I joined today). Basically the words 1337 and Gothmog are interchangeable.

[DonKing]

1337 is what pops into my head everytime some guy who has more acme than skin says "OMFG I PWNED YOU" to a fellow classmate over his Algebra test.

Other than that, the only time I ever think of 1337 is when somebody does something that totally blows my mind. (I.E. MJ got off, his lawyers are 1337.)

[zer0]

1337 is not to write in 1337 or use as much 1337 words as its possible. you just have to be a genius at at least one area too. that is the most important thing!!!!

[Sir_Gummy]

1337 - in MY eyes.

1337 (or 'leet') is what can only be described as 'it'. 'It' is something that few things have. Metallica, Honda GoldWing bikes and ... well ... that's about it, 'cept photocopiers ^___^. It's like ... something extra, that few things have, and it just completes it, and pushes beyond normal boundaries. Like toast with golden syrup, as opposed to toast with lard.

Long live 1337!

[73|-| 1337 (0\/\/]

I think 1337 is 73|-| |>\/\/|\|463. 1337 seperates 73|-| |\|0085 from 73|-| (001. Being 1337 means you're skilled in video games, computer related things, and just plain cool. To 83 1337 j00 must know 13375|>34|{. "Omfg u r a newbie ur a ltl c0cksuker! OMG Lol!!!1!11!" does not count. That is |\|008speak. *sigh* 50|\/|3|)4j 73|-| |\|008!5|-| \/\/!11 |)|20|> 73|-| |>\/\/|\|'463 0|\| 73|-| 1337. 73|-| 1337 \/\/!11 |\|0 10|\|63|2 83 |>|-|33|23|). 73|-| 7|2|_|3 1337 4|23 83!|\|6 0|_|7|\||_||\/|83|23|) 8j 73|-| |\|0085! ! |-|0|>3 73|-| 1337 \/\/!11 |>\/\/|\|!
In other words, n00bs suck. Do not use the dreaded n00b speak. It will kill of the 1337.

[Whower]

I think 1337 is 73|-| |>\/\/|\|463. 1337 seperates 73|-| |\|0085 from 73|-| (001. Being 1337 means you're skilled in video games, computer related things, and just plain cool. To 83 1337 j00 must know 13375|>34|{. "Omfg u r a newbie ur a ltl c0cksuker! OMG Lol!!!1!11!" does not count. That is |\|008speak. *sigh* 50|\/|3|)4j 73|-| |\|008!5|-| \/\/!11 |)|20|> 73|-| |>\/\/|\|'463 0|\| 73|-| 1337. 73|-| 1337 \/\/!11 |\|0 10|\|63|2 83 |>|-|33|23|). 73|-| 7|2|_|3 1337 4|23 83!|\|6 0|_|7|\||_||\/|83|23|) 8j 73|-| |\|0085! ! |-|0|>3 73|-| 1337 \/\/!11 |>\/\/|\|!
You are stupid.




PS, 1337 is 1337.

dat si m ydef lol

[MasterGlitch]

To be 1337 is to be elite. To be elite is to have a certain level of knowledge or skill in something; generally used in video games in modern days.

1337 was originally developed by hackers who broke into government files or other such private things illegally through the use of computers. 1337-speak was invented so that the computers which messages were filtered through would not catch things like references to certain illegal computer-based activities. The computers were able to recognize series of letters, but when a message contained no letters the computers could not read or detect key words in messages. In short, 1337-speak was developed as a sort of secret code for hackers to communicate with each other.
Presently it is used among gamers. Most people view constant use of 1337-speak to be n00bish, while some enjoy the occasional use of the language.

No, I did not look that up just now.
Yes, I know weird things.
Yes, I just have that memorized.
Yes, my vocabulary and speech is really like that in normal conversation.

[73|-| 1337 (0\/\/]

To be 1337 is to be elite. To be elite is to have a certain level of knowledge or skill in something; generally used in video games in modern days.

1337 was originally developed by hackers who broke into government files or other such private things illegally through the use of computers. 1337-speak was invented so that the computers which messages were filtered through would not catch things like references to certain illegal computer-based activities. The computers were able to recognize series of letters, but when a message contained no letters the computers could not read or detect key words in messages. In short, 1337-speak was developed as a sort of secret code for hackers to communicate with each other.
Presently it is used among gamers. Most people view constant use of 1337-speak to be n00bish, while some enjoy the occasional use of the language.

No, I did not look that up just now.
Yes, I know weird things.
Yes, I just have that memorized.
Yes, my vocabulary and speech is really like that in normal conversation.

I agree. Although, it is not |\|008|5|-| to know and speak 1337 fluently. Noobish would be more along the lines of omfg, lolz, plz, u, ur, and other stupid words like that. Noobs are also in lack of grammar, and skills involving normal english spelling.
Also, I don't believe your vocabulary is very impressive. It's like what any other person might use words.
Once again, I totally agree with the definition of 1337.

[Darkraptor]

Speaking 1337 fluently is for people who wish they were cool, but have no friends. And btw gamers and hackers both look down upon speaking in 1337.

[73|-| 1337 (0\/\/]

Speaking 1337 fluently is for people who wish they were cool, but have no friends. And btw gamers and hackers both look down upon speaking in 1337.

I disagree. I agree with the whole "looking down upon" thing, but I have a lot of friends. Besides, I don't really use it, I just think it's fun to know and tease people with (which I know is wrong).

[MasterGlitch]

I agree. Although, it is not |\|008|5|-| to know and speak 1337 fluently. Noobish would be more along the lines of omfg, lolz, plz, u, ur, and other stupid words like that. Noobs are also in lack of grammar, and skills involving normal english spelling.
Also, I don't believe your vocabulary is very impressive. It's like what any other person might use words.
Once again, I totally agree with the definition of 1337.

It's not that it IS n00bish, it's that most people think it is.

Yes, I know my vocabulary isn't that amazing. I meant something else by that. Hard to explain, sorry if I sounded like a pompous ass.


Oh, and gamers do look down upon 1337, but at the same time, non-gamers have no idea what 1337 even is. Most gamers do use it occasionally for purposes of humor.

[one]

Ok IMO, ppls with no skillz using 1337speak wish they where kewl,
but ppls with skillz can use leetspeak if they want and dont use 13375p34k if they dont want to use it, cuz they ar th3 kewl already, they have more skillz than the mainstream, and that is 1337 and kewl at the same time.